A photographer at the scene of the explosion reported seeing body parts lying on the ground outside the house of Mohamed Ibrahim Moalimuu, who was rushed to a hospital, Aljazeera reported.
State-run Somali National News Agency said the blast at a junction of a Mogadishu road was from a suicide bomber.
It was not immediately clear who was behind the attack.
No further details have been released about the blast and its possible casualties.
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